The first annual Texas 500 Kart Endurance Race will be held at North Texas Karters in Denton, Texas on October 26 & 27. This is a joint event between The Texas Lone Star Grand Prix and NTK. Chondas (Clones) and Yamaha KT 100s will race for 5oo laps on the technical 1/2 mile track on Saturday and Shifters and TAGS will race on Sunday. The maximum number of team members is 4. The last NTK Chonda Endurance Race hosted 25 teams and early feedback indicates that the Texas 500 will be significantly larger than that.

To keep costs down each team will purchase one set of MG Red tires from LSGP and teams will be required to run the whole event on one set of tires. Logistics are still being worked out but registration will open on 9.1.13 via a link on the LSGP website. The link will go up in the next couple of weeks. Please mark your calendars to join us and follow us here and on Facebook for the latest news.

Classes will be limited to 25 karts each. An entry list has been created. If you would like to reserve a spot early please send us an email at lsgp2012@gmail.com

The Pit Stop Competition at the TX 500: Pit Stop Teams will consist of 2 members. So far the competition will include removing and installing a complete set of tires from a kart. The kart will be on the ground when the competition begins. The team members will put it on a stand and share no more than one impact wrench. This is a timed competition that will probably happen in two stages during the race so that more folks have an opportunity to participate. We are working on prizes. If we all like how the contest goes we will consider a similar contest at LSGP 2014. We welcome your comments and suggestions on The Pit Stop Competition

<p style=”text-align: -webkit-auto;”><span style=”text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);”>The starting grid for the 500 will be established by the order in which we receive your entries.</span></p>
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<p style=”text-align: -webkit-auto;”>If we receive more than 25 entries per class we will start a waiting list based upon order of entry. If the class that is running at the same time yours is does not have 25 entries we will increase the number of entries so that we have up to 50 karts on the track at a time. For instance, if we only receive 20 Yamaha entries we will allow up to 30 4 cycle entries.</p>
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<p style=”text-align: -webkit-auto;”><span style=”background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);”>If you are racing a 4 cycle other than a Chonda or Animal in the 500 please send us an email at lsgp2012@gmail.com. We will adjust weights based upon differences in horse power. Tha</span><span style=”font-family: ‘lucida grande’, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;”><span style=”line-height: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #ffffff;”>nks.</span></span></p>

Because we are getting significant interest from both classes we will run the Chonda (Clone) and Briggs L0206 classes together but score them separately. In stead of a 4 cycle class we will have a Chonda Class and a Briggs L0206 Class. Both race on Saturday.

<p style=”text-align: -webkit-auto;”><span style=”text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);”>LSGP is pleased to announce that it is looking very likely that Mr. Dave Broun, President of the Eastern Goldfields Kart Club, in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia will be racing a shifter in The Texas 500 Kart Endurance Race. Welcome Dave. We hear that some racers from California are coming as well.</span></p>

Racers, We will only score this race electronically. Please make sure that your transponder is working. We will only count laps that are logged electronically. While we would like to be able to have a visual backup it is just not possible in a race like this.